Final Draft of Strategic Priorities

Quality - to achieve excellence in teaching, learning and the services we provide by:

• Promoting student success through outstanding teaching and support services
• Attracting and retaining high-quality employees
• Promoting a culture of personal and professional development among employees
• Providing up-to-date facilities and equipment that meet student learning needs, support program growth, and promote employee effectiveness

Accessibility - to provide learning opportunities and supportive services that meet the needs of our diverse population by:

• Providing opportunities to allow students, employees, and the community to engage at MCC inside and outside of the classroom
• Meeting student demand for coursework through diverse delivery modes
• Providing smooth transitions from one learning stage to another

Affordability - to offer opportunities to those of all economic levels to pursue their educational goals and personal enrichment by:

• Offsetting the financial burden on our students by using current resources efficiently and pursuing alternate sources of revenue
• Increasing financial aid resources available to students
• Strengthening the College's financial stability

Innovation - to collaborate with stakeholders to anticipate their needs and pioneer creative and effective solutions by:

• Valuing, inspiring, and cultivating people, partnerships, and processes to embrace dynamic growth
• Creating, reinventing, and promoting opportunities to encourage a lifetime of learning

Accountability - to promote a service-oriented and ethical culture of fiscal, social, professional, and individual responsibility by:

• Increasing transparency in institutional policies, procedures, and processes and improving internal controls
• Promoting and modeling sustainability and environmental stewardship
• Creating measurable targets and evaluation processes for key strategies and objectives